Get on your knees! Or … not.
How much time do you spend on your knees? For me the answer is none! I get sharp stabbing pains when I kneel and 20 years ago I swore I would never kneel again. (I think there was some other swearing at the time as well.) But that’s no excuse. As a photographer, we all [...]
Ancient Tree Roots
It can be difficult to make a great image in a forest unless you can find a pattern in the trees or a stand of trees without much undergrowth. At Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island, where I made the abstract image in yesterday’s post, I tried a different tactic. I made this image of just [...]
Cathedral Grove Abstract
I have something a little different for you today! I made this image at Cathedral Grove, a protected stand of giant douglas fir trees, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Please click the image to view a larger version. The grove is not quite as spectacular as I remember it being as a kid because there [...]
Pacific Tree Frog
I didn’t have to go far for this photograph! While I was getting my equipment ready for one of our excursions Ray tapped on the window and waved for me to come outside and see who was in our campsite. A pacific tree frog! The tiny frog was only about an inch long. I always [...]
Another Peaceful Morning
It was one of those mornings that was made for the early fisherman. The lake was flat calm, the sun about to rise already turning the skies pink, the boat is ready to go. Where are you fisherman? Please click the image to view a larger version. I made this image before sunrise at Buttle [...]
Tiger Lily
Most of the wildflowers were finished when I visted Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island, BC, but I did make this image of a Tiger Lily. Please click the image to view a larger version. To make this image, I set my camera up on the tripod with my 70-300mm lens. Normally you would have to [...]
This Is A Grouse Not An Elk
One of the short hikes we went on in Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, didn’t land me any landscape images. I really wasn’t expecting any wildlife images either given the name of the trail, “Elk River View Trail” where there is a viewing platform to watch the Roosevelt Elk. Yeah, right!! Sure, there’s [...]
One Scene, Two Techniques
At Buttle Lake in Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, I used two photography techniques to make two very different images from the same scene. The first image was made before sunrise when it was still fairly dark and there was not much colour in the sky. The stump is the main subject but [...]
Lower Myra Falls (Part 2)
Usually when I find a great scene like the one at Lower Myra Falls in Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, I start off wide and photograph the entire scene. I loved how the waterfall was not just one big fall but multiple falls leading to the emerald pool. Please click the images to [...]
Lower Myra Falls (Part 1)
One of my favourite places in Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was Lower Myra Falls. The hike is about 1 kilometer from the parking area and it leads to a stunning group of cascades deep within the forest above Buttle Lake. I could spend all day photographing falls like these that have such [...]
Lupin Falls, Strathcona Park, BC
While visiting Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island, Ray and I quickly got back into our old routine. We got up at 5am for the sunrise photo shoot at Buttle Lake then went back to the campsite for breakfast, coffee and showers before heading out on the second photo shoot of the day. Our next stop [...]
Strathcona Sunrise and Being Happy Again
I got stuck in sad. After Oscar died I went through all the normal stages of the grieving process until I got to the sad stage and that’s where I got stuck. I didn’t pick up my camera for 6 weeks and that’s a long time for a photographer to not photography anything. My camera [...]
